ALBANY — A marijuana decriminalization bill has revealed the first friction between Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his strong, fiscal allies in the Senate’s Republican majority. Cuomo said Wednesday the Senate majority was being led by ultra-conservatives in opposing his ...

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Thomas M. O’Brien Jr., 54, of Honeoye Falls, has been sentenced by U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to six months of home confinement and three-years of probation for possession and distribution of cocaine and marijuana. Assistant U.S. Attorney Brett A. Harvey said O’Brien obtained about 45 grams ...

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LOCH SHELDRAKE — Authorities have charged a 30-year-old New York woman with endangering the welfare of a child after police say her toddler wandered into an upstate road clutching a bag of marijuana.

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Robert A. Storch, 51, of West Virginia, has pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Charles J. Siragusa to conspiracy to possess and distribute 100 kilograms or more of marijuana.

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If you created a new blend of a certain medicinal herb, and you wanted to trademark a name like “Jack and Jackie’s Wacky Tobacky” or “McDuff’s Puff Stuff,” you may have thought you were in luck.

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LYONS — Authorities say six people have been arrested after 1,000 marijuana plants were found growing at several locations in a three-county area of the Finger Lakes region.

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